Rutgers University
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Zhang Wins Eighth Straight as Rutgers Falls to Syracuse
Apr 07 | Women's Tennis
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Freshman Amy Zhang (Plano, Texas) continued her stellar play by winning her eighth straight singles match, but the Rutgers women's tennis team fell to BIG EAST rival Syracuse 6-1 at the Drumlins Tennis Center.
Rutgers falls to 10-8 overall and 4-4 in league play, while Syracuse improves to 10-11 and 7-5 in BIG EAST action after winning its fourth straight match.
Zhang, who improves to 16-2 in singles play on the year, picked up a 6-3, 6-4 win over Simone Kalhorn of Syracuse at the No. 2 spot. The freshman has now won eight consecutive matches twice this season, after starting the year on an eight match winning streak.
Although RU dropped the doubles point 2-1, the Scarlet Knights got into the win column at the No. 1 spot. The duo of Katrina Elder-Bush (Boston, Mass.) and Katherine Arlak (Leonia, N.J.) defeated Kalhorn and Jacqelynn Tang 8-4. Syracuse picked up the remaining two doubles victories and swept all but one singles match to capture the 6-1 victory.
Rutgers will next be in action Wednesday, April 9 against Connecticut. The Scarlet Knights will travel to take on the Huskies for a 2 p.m. match in Storrs, Conn.
AGATE:
Syracuse 6, Rutgers 1
Singles:
No. 1 Christina Tan (S) def. Katrina Elder-Bush (R), 7-5, 6-3
No. 2 Amy Zhang (R) def. Simone Kalhorn (S), 6-3, 6-4
No. 3 Maria Vasilyeva (S) def. Katherine Arlak (R), 6-1, 6-2
No. 4 Ashley Spicer (S) def. Caitlin Baker (R), 6-2, 6-2
No. 5 Chelsea Jones (S) def. Christine Tran (R), 6-1, 7-6 (7)
No. 6 Jacquelynn Tang (S) won (default)
Doubles:
No. 1 Elder-Bush/Arlak (R) def. Kalhorn/Tang (S), 8-4
No. 2 Spicer/Jones (S) def. Zaretser/Tran (R), 9-8 (0)
No. 3 Tan/Vasilyeva (S) def. Zhang/Baker (R), 8-5
